Quotes by Diane von Furstenberg

About Diane von Furstenberg:

Diane von Furstenberg is a Belgian-born American fashion designer best known for her iconic wrap dress. She initially rose to prominence when she married into the German princely House of Fürstenberg, as the wife of Prince Egon of Fürstenberg. Following their divorce in 1972, she has continued to use his family name, although she is no longer entitled to use the title princess following her divorce and subsequent remarriage in 2001.
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When you get into a hotel room, you lock the door, and you know there is a secrecy, there is a luxury, there is fantasy. There is comfort. There is reassurance.

Diane von Furstenberg

I didn't really know what I wanted to do, but I knew the woman I wanted to become.

Diane von Furstenberg

I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman.

Diane von Furstenberg

What's important to me is to share, and being inspired, and inspiring.

Diane von Furstenberg

I never knew what I wanted to do, but I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be.

Diane von Furstenberg

I used to be very insecure about my curly hair, because I lived in a country where everybody had blonde straight hair.

Diane von Furstenberg

The iPad! What is better designed than that? I read magazines on it, I play Scrabble. I use it for everything.

Diane von Furstenberg

Fashion is mysterious, as a rule. Why are blue jeans a classic? You just hit on something that happens to be timeless and right.

Diane von Furstenberg

The real story is that I am very free, that I've managed to be who I wanted to be without compromising.

Diane von Furstenberg

My son loves the Hotel du Cap, in the south of France.

Diane von Furstenberg

Ireland is also quite nice. So is Amsterdam.

Diane von Furstenberg

I've been working seriously in giving fashion a place that it deserves.

Diane von Furstenberg

I communicate mostly via e-mail and receive hundreds of e-mails a day.

Diane von Furstenberg

When I was young, I lived like an old woman, and when I got old, I had to live like a young person.

Diane von Furstenberg

My mother never, ever told me about evilness. She only saw the beautiful things... she wanted to protect me from it.

Diane von Furstenberg

I obviously don't feel under pressure to look young, because I have had no Botox or surgery. I don't judge people who choose to have it, but I don't want to erase who I am.

Diane von Furstenberg

I was 26 when I invented the wrap dress. It was just a nothing little printed dress made out an jersey, and before I know it, I lived an American Dream making more than 25,000 dresses a week.

Diane von Furstenberg

When I was a little girl, if I didn't eat my soup, my mother would say, 'You have to think of all the Chinese children who have nothing to eat.' But now, for my children, Chinese people make everything, and for my grandchildren, they buy everything.

Diane von Furstenberg

We need to encourage designers and agencies to be responsible. We need to make sure everyone is sensitive to the issues. But to calculate the girls' body mass - I personally think it is demeaning.

Diane von Furstenberg

The wrap dress is the most traditional form of dressing: It's like a robe, it's like a kimono, it's like a toga. It doesn't have buttons or zippers. What made it different was that it was jersey; therefore, it was close to the body and it was a print...

Diane von Furstenberg

I don't think we should always look at the Chinese like they're taking jobs. They are also bring us more and more jobs. Because, they are the biggest growing consumer. I think what is going on in China is exciting.

Diane von Furstenberg

Author Bio

  • NameDiane von Furstenberg
  • DescriptionBelgian born American fashion designer
  • AliasesPrincess Diane of Fürstenberg; Diane von Furstenberg
  • BornDecember 31, 1946
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Belgium
  • ProfessionFashion Designer